#8EC6DB#8EC6DB

#8EC6DB is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.513; OKLCH L 79.5% C 0.065 H 223.2°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8EC6DB
RGB	rgb(142, 198, 219)
HSL	hsl(196, 52%, 71%)
HSV	hsv(196, 35%, 86%)
CMYK	cmyk(35.2%, 9.6%, 0%, 14.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(76.83, -12.96, -16.24)
CIE-LCH	lch(76.83, 20.78, 231.41°)
OKLab	oklab(79.52% -0.0474 -0.0445)
OKLCH	oklch(79.52% 0.065 223.2)
XYZ	xyz(44.1313, 51.2509, 74.5711)
Luminance	0.5125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8EC6DB #DBA38E

analogous

#8EDBC9 #8EC6DB #8E9FDB

triadic

#8EC6DB #DB8EC6 #C6DB8E

tetradic

#8EC6DB #C98EDB #DBA38E #9FDB8E

square

#8EC6DB #C98EDB #DBA38E #9FDB8E

split-complementary

#8EC6DB #DB8E9F #DBC98E

monochromatic

#3A93B5 #60AFCC #8EC6DB #BCDDEA #E8F3F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.87

#8EC6DB on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.25

#8EC6DB on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #8EC6DB

11.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8EC6DB	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##8EC6DB	1.00	1.87	11.25	11.25
#FFFFFF	1.87	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAC3DC

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#AEBADB

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#72CDCC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BEBEBE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8ec6db;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 198, 219);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(79.5% 0.065 223.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b1d7e6',
    500: '#8ec6db',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8ec6db;
$custom-light: #b1d7e6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8ec6db",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 198,
    "b": 219
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 196.364,
    "s": 51.678,
    "l": 70.784
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.79516,
    "c": 0.06502,
    "h": 223.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.51253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8EC6DB

secondary

#B2735B

accent

#5026BF

background

#FDFEFE

surface

#F8FBFC

border

#D1D4D5

text

#111415

muted

#818384

Preview Lab

Preview with #8EC6DB

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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